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Webster 1913 Edition

Taw

Taw

,
Noun.
Tow.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Taw

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf.
Tew
to tow,
Tow
,
Verb.
T.
]
To push; to tug; to tow.
[Obs.]
Drayton.

Taw

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tawed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tawing
.]
[OE.
tawen
,
tewen
, AS.
tāwian
to prepare; cf. D.
touwen
, Goth.
tēwa
order,
taujan
to do, and E.
tool
. √64. Cf. 1st
Tew
,
Tow
the coarse part of flax.]
1.
To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
2.
To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.

Taw

,
Noun.
[Cf. AS.
tāw
instrument.]
1.
A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.
2.
A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
[Colloq. U. S.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Taw

TAW

,
Verb.
T.
To dress white leather or alum leather; to dress and prepare skins in white, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats and kids, for gloves and the like.

TAW

,
Noun.
A marble to be played with.

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